A few times per year we receive email from other patriots that have veteran resources to share, so here are some useful links recently provided by Adam Evans: SNAP Benefitshttps://militarybenefits.info/snap-benefits/ VA Housing Grants for Disabled Veteranshttps://www.benefits.com/veterans-disability/housing-for-disabled-veterans Current VA Loan Rates …
The VFW Auxiliary is proud to announce the national winners of the 2020-2021 Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. First-place Department (state) entries were judged at National Headquarters in July. Celine Min took first place in the Young American Creative …
Avery Britt, a 14-year-old from Suwanee, Georgia, was named the VFW Auxiliary overall national winner of the 2020-2021 Get Excited for the Red, White and Blue! national anthem singing contest. She was sponsored by VFW Auxiliary 5255 in Lawrenceville, Georgia. …
We will not be having the annual Memorial Day Observance at Winona Cemetery, or the annual picnic at the Tualatin Community Park in 2021, as a precaution during the pandemic this year. The West Coast Ravens will be flying in …
Read these stories—and more—in the May 2021 issue of VFW Auxiliary’s E- Magazine! Read about the Auxiliary’s 2021 Mid-Year Conference in Clearwater, Florida, where leadership came together for business, celebrating success and to learn. Find out about Mid-Year 2022 and our …
On April 1, during the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) first-ever virtual Parade of Winners, the organization proudly presented more than $208,000 in scholarships and awards as it named the national winners of its 2021 Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s …
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The following VFW Auxiliary youth contest and scholarship entries are due to a local VFW Auxiliary by March 31: Illustrating America: This contest rewards the artistic abilities of elementary and middle/junior high school students. The contest consists of three grade …
Captain James Ahn, a graduate of UC Riverside and the Claremont McKenna College Army ROTC program, died in 2015 during a parachute training operation while participating with his Special Forces unit in Washington State. For all of us who knew …
$1,000.00 Scholarship for Student who Served in U.S. Army Special Forces Read more »
Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, marked the 30th anniversary of the conclusion of Operation Desert Storm. The operation lasted 43 days from Jan. 17 – Feb. 28, 1991, and involved several hundred thousand service members. The VFW and its Auxiliary members will always be thankful for …
It’s incredibly inspiring to hear high school students take pride in America. Young people all across the nation recorded audio essays on “Is This the Country the Founders Envisioned?” for the Voice of Democracy competition. One winner from each state …